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John Zorn

"When I'm writing, sometimes it gets to that place where I feel like the piece is writing itself and I'm trying not to get in the way."

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"When I'm writing, sometimes it gets to that place where I feel like the piece is writing itself and I'm trying not to get in the way."

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"Honestly, I am not trying to discourage anyone from becoming an actress, but if you want to become one be prepared to face everything that comes - along with it."

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"I'm just trying to make a smudge on the collective unconscious."

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"It's like trying to pin down a kangaroo on a trampoline."

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"I checked out all types of tobacco trying to find one that would be easiest to live with, I ended up using pipe tobacco. It burned slower, and it wasn't as harsh on my throat... It also smelled better."

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"I've been in Washington ever since 1981, trying to get out!"

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Amber Hurdle

"I always believed that I could make it or I would never have spent so many years trying to get here."

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"I just like to keep challenging myself, keep it varied. It's a craft, and I'm constantly trying to learn and get better at it."

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Amber Hurdle

"I'm just going to do me; I'm not trying to do the Eminem thing, the D12 thing or the 50 thing."

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Amber Hurdle

"We're not trying to top ourselves with each record, obviously."

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"Most of those melodies are me trying to find out what notes fit, and then hitting ones that don't fit in a very interesting way."

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"It's a blast to watch. It's a lot more interesting live than it is on record. I mean, it really is a theatrical event. It's a sporting event! Cause you never know what's gonna happen."
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"It breaks even. We lose ten, twenty grand every year. But then the people who are working say, Look, I'll kick this back in, I don't need to take this profit share. It's very cooperative."
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"I'm getting ready to write a piece now, and it's been six months thinking about it, changing the instrumentation, changing the name, doing more reading."
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"I put together the influences of my life in as clear a way as I possibly can, in the same way that Beethoven or Schoenberg or Bach put their influences together."
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"You can't be idealistic in this world and not be crazy."
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"As soon as you get a certain amount of attention, then everybody kinda wants to start taking pot shots at you. All your old friends that supported you don't support you any more."
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